Man in the Attic (1953)
Jack Palance: Slade
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Quotes
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Slade : [Referring to the death masks of killers in the black museum] You treat them like trophies... like a stuffed elk head mounted over the fireplace.
Insp. Paul Warwick : Yes, a little, but these were more dangerous than an elk. Man unfortunately is the most dangerous of all beasts.
Slade : Man is not beast.
Insp. Paul Warwick : Murderers are beasts.
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Lily Bonner : It's at night that interesting things happen. What kind of work do you do at night, Mr. Slade?
Slade : I doubt if you'd be interested.
Lily Bonner : Do you just work?
Slade : Sometimes I walk close by the river. The river is like liquid night flowing peacefully out to infinity.
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Lily Bonner : Is there anything I can do?
Slade : We must each live with ourselves.
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Slade : Yes, I will tell you. My mother was an actress. She was one of the most angelically beautiful women who ever lived, exquisitely graceful, talented, and captivating. I loved her deeply... deeply. She had the face of heaven and the wretched heart of Jezebel. For every aspect of beauty she possessed, she contained a double portion of evil. I hated her!
Lily Bonner : But I thought you said you loved her?
Slade : I can love the beauty and hate the evil. Didn't you know that, Miss Bonner?
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Slade : [In desperation] I need you Lily! Only you can save me!
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Lily Bonner : And when you've tested it and proved it, what will you know Mr Slade?
Slade : A little more about life and death.
Lily Bonner : I wonder what else you need to know about life except that it is wonderfully worth living.